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Labour would do well to heed the words of Franklin Roosevelt:
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
Liberal democracy is at a crossroads; more of the same won't cut it
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
Liberal democracy is at a crossroads; more of the same won't cut it
March 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Labour would do well to heed the words of Franklin Roosevelt:
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
Liberal democracy is at a crossroads; more of the same won't cut it
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
Liberal democracy is at a crossroads; more of the same won't cut it
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For the avoidance of doubt:
“Could you live on £70 a week?”
“Absolutely not”
“So why do you expect young people to?”
“We won't”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges DWP minister Torsten Bell on benefits reform.
#Newsnight
“Absolutely not”
“So why do you expect young people to?”
“We won't”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges DWP minister Torsten Bell on benefits reform.
#Newsnight
March 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
For the avoidance of doubt:
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Drug shortages have been affecting people around the country but haven't really reached Westminster as a story. A big issue unlikely to go away any time soon - complex supply chains providing an ever greater number of drugs will always have vulnerabilities. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Drug shortages have been affecting people around the country but haven't really reached Westminster as a story. A big issue unlikely to go away any time soon - complex supply chains providing an ever greater number of drugs will always have vulnerabilities. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I think a combination of Blue Labour hostility to the EU, fear of Reform, and drinking the deregulation kool-aid is why the obvious step of alignment is not being taken. Shows the limits of growth as a priority.
March 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I think a combination of Blue Labour hostility to the EU, fear of Reform, and drinking the deregulation kool-aid is why the obvious step of alignment is not being taken. Shows the limits of growth as a priority.
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Tied in of course to the EU question... if I was a Labour MP hearing a Chancellor plead poverty repeatedly I might be asking why then there has been so much caution on trade ties with our neighbours where there are clear opportunities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves to raise spectre of Liz Truss to persuade Labour MPs to accept cuts
Chancellor to tell party she is making steep cuts to avoid similar fallout to that which followed 2022 mini-budget
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Tied in of course to the EU question... if I was a Labour MP hearing a Chancellor plead poverty repeatedly I might be asking why then there has been so much caution on trade ties with our neighbours where there are clear opportunities. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Under-22s with long-term illnesses or disabilities will no longer be able to claim health top-up on universal credit under UK govt plans.
66,000 18 to 21-year-olds will lose it.
People can't easily see GP, dentist, get access to hospital but will lose benefit.
This is reckless and brutal.
66,000 18 to 21-year-olds will lose it.
People can't easily see GP, dentist, get access to hospital but will lose benefit.
This is reckless and brutal.
Under-22s will not get incapacity benefits under welfare shake-up
The move comes as part of an overhaul of the welfare system as the UK's benefits bill rises.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Under-22s with long-term illnesses or disabilities will no longer be able to claim health top-up on universal credit under UK govt plans.
66,000 18 to 21-year-olds will lose it.
People can't easily see GP, dentist, get access to hospital but will lose benefit.
This is reckless and brutal.
66,000 18 to 21-year-olds will lose it.
People can't easily see GP, dentist, get access to hospital but will lose benefit.
This is reckless and brutal.
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There is never any mention as to why there are more people unable to work since 2020.
Only “this is unsustainable”.
Only “this is unsustainable”.
March 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There is never any mention as to why there are more people unable to work since 2020.
Only “this is unsustainable”.
Only “this is unsustainable”.
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"Moving from the small scale to the most important myth. That governments need our money to pay for stuff. This myth ensures that we pay the wealthiest in society interest when the government wants to spend more than it has collected in taxes."
#Economy
#Scotland🏴
#Economy
#Scotland🏴
The truth is all about storytelling. Just because something is popular does not mean it is good - Bylines Scotland
What if all the stories we hear about our economy are wrong? The answer is a world with more policy options and much more hope
bylines.scot
March 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Moving from the small scale to the most important myth. That governments need our money to pay for stuff. This myth ensures that we pay the wealthiest in society interest when the government wants to spend more than it has collected in taxes."
#Economy
#Scotland🏴
#Economy
#Scotland🏴
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Just seen the latest DWP video over on twitter and um... I maybe wouldn't have picked an opening shot that looks like this to talk about forcing the disabled back into work.
March 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just seen the latest DWP video over on twitter and um... I maybe wouldn't have picked an opening shot that looks like this to talk about forcing the disabled back into work.
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The United Nations (UN) has urged Keir Starmer to scrap the controversial two-child limit and reverse the five-week wait for universal credit in a warning that the UK government is infringing human rights with the ongoing poverty crisis
@bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
@bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DWP should increase benefits and scrap two-child limit, UN says
The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over poverty failures.
www.bigissue.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The United Nations (UN) has urged Keir Starmer to scrap the controversial two-child limit and reverse the five-week wait for universal credit in a warning that the UK government is infringing human rights with the ongoing poverty crisis
@bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
@bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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The Government claims it needs to make £6bn of benefit cuts, here's a big long list of places where they could make far more money.
£42bn from ending Brexit.
£80bn Bank profits, even a 10% tax is £2bn more.
£120bn Energy Company profits, quadruple what they were before 2021.
£42bn from ending Brexit.
£80bn Bank profits, even a 10% tax is £2bn more.
£120bn Energy Company profits, quadruple what they were before 2021.
March 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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What is it that causes these ass holes to make 180 degree turnarounds like this? Rubio acts as if his entire family was threatened….
March 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What is it that causes these ass holes to make 180 degree turnarounds like this? Rubio acts as if his entire family was threatened….
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The look when you feel your spine and soul leaving your body.
March 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The look when you feel your spine and soul leaving your body.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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The world is being remodelled by grown Sid from ToyStory
February 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The world is being remodelled by grown Sid from ToyStory
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And if it's from the same stage on which someone subsequently does a Hitler salute then their risible presence at the Cenotaph becomes even more risible.
February 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
And if it's from the same stage on which someone subsequently does a Hitler salute then their risible presence at the Cenotaph becomes even more risible.
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Exactly this.
Just 2% of Musk's wealth could feed the very poorest and most desperate people in the world.
He could use his money to do extraordinary things - and could go down in history as a hero.
Instead he has deliberately chosen to be an evil, villainous dick
Just 2% of Musk's wealth could feed the very poorest and most desperate people in the world.
He could use his money to do extraordinary things - and could go down in history as a hero.
Instead he has deliberately chosen to be an evil, villainous dick
Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
February 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Exactly this.
Just 2% of Musk's wealth could feed the very poorest and most desperate people in the world.
He could use his money to do extraordinary things - and could go down in history as a hero.
Instead he has deliberately chosen to be an evil, villainous dick
Just 2% of Musk's wealth could feed the very poorest and most desperate people in the world.
He could use his money to do extraordinary things - and could go down in history as a hero.
Instead he has deliberately chosen to be an evil, villainous dick
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This is a perfect distillation of why our country is in the mess it’s in and who is complicit in that mess: the Tory party, its backers and their rightwing media apologists.
Power has not been held to account and, oh my god, isn’t the country paying heavily for that?
Power has not been held to account and, oh my god, isn’t the country paying heavily for that?
January 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is a perfect distillation of why our country is in the mess it’s in and who is complicit in that mess: the Tory party, its backers and their rightwing media apologists.
Power has not been held to account and, oh my god, isn’t the country paying heavily for that?
Power has not been held to account and, oh my god, isn’t the country paying heavily for that?
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If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
January 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
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Man you’re a fucking coward
January 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Man you’re a fucking coward